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Character Trait Chart
In this reading response worksheet, students fill out a character trait chart about one character in a story they have read. Students list the traits they see and describe how these traits are revealed through events, actions, words,...
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Dust Bowl Story
Students compose narratives describing the difficulties faced by those living in the Dust Bowl. They use resource sheets and photos in this small group activity. Their stories include plots, settings, and characters either taken...
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We Like to Imagine - Animals
Students describe a pretend animal. They read "The After School Monster." Students read other books and discuss whether or not the characters are real. Students make a drawing of a pretend animal and of a real animal. They make up a...
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Reading Report
In this reading worksheet, students describe 2 characters from a book, write about something they liked from it, one way it could have been better, and words they did not understand. Students also draw a picture from a scene from the...
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The Bones of a Story
For this Language Arts worksheet, students read a Clifford book and describe 5 story elements. These include title, setting, characters, problem, events, and resolution.
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Identify the Mood
In this reading worksheet, students identify the mood of a book, story, song, movie, TV show, or play. Students record words and phrases about the characters, setting, and plot. Students also describe their resulting feelings and thoughts.
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Genre Lesson: Science Fiction
Sixth graders explore the components of science fiction in a science and literacy lesson. As they define and record definitions of the term on the board, learners identify a text as science fiction using the terms they have listed to...
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Animals Matter
Learners explore philanthropy. In this character education lesson, students define and give examples of philanthropy. Learners listen to the story A Symphony of Whales and describe how the characters helped the whales. Students discuss...
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A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of The Crucible by Arthur Miller
A 20-page guide is a must-have for any instructor, seasoned veteran, or first year-teacher, using Arthur Miller's The Crucible as an anchor text. The guide begins with extensive background information about Miller and the McCarthy era...
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"Favorite Fairy Tale Characters"
Third graders enter the results of their survey on a spreadsheet. They construct a bar graph showing the results.
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Cast of Characters Lesson Plan: Comparing Artists
Students choose an artist, examine a painting, read a statement of the artist and their biography. They research the artist using the World Wide Web, books, encyclopedias, art, prints or magazines. They write an essay using their notes.
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Crayola® Model Magic® Colored Courtly Characters
Students create a "Noh"-style mask, based on Japanese Noh theatre masks. They experiment with different colors of modeling clay and explore ways to show facial character.
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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"The Selfish Crocodile"
Students participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles. They identify descriptive words from the story, and write sentences describing how the crocodile...
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Hinduism--Diwali
In this Hinduism worksheet, students, after reading "The Story of Rama and Sita," match six main characters with their descriptions. Students choose two characters from the story and fill in the two boxes with words and phrases that...
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Sequence and Retell - The Napping House
Students sequence the story The Napping House by keeping trace of the characters in order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students also retell the story as they sequence.
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Character Found Poems: Investigating Language in Twelfth Night
Students create found poems to represent characters in Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss how to compose found poems and select characters from the play to write their poems about.
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Game Plans
Pupils consider the online game Neopets as a springboard to developing the characters, settings and plots for online fantasy games. They draft technical plans that describe how their games be presented and played on the We
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Integrity and a Boy Called Slow
Fifth graders identify the character trait of integrity in the main character, Slow, in "A Boy Called Slow." They participate in a discussion to determine what steps the main character took to earn his new name. Students write an essay...
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The Lost and Found
Third graders explain the definition of integrity and respect and provide examples from the story The Lost and Found's characters and their own lives that illustrate both. They describe in their journals why and how they think Wendell...
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Fantasy Stories
Students create fantasy stories. In this creative writing lesson, students write a fantasy where they can use characters that they have read about in The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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The Bones of the Story
Young scholars describe the five elements of a story--setting, characters, problem, events, and resolution. They use the Clifford series of books, and a worksheet imbedded in this lesson to help them explain the five elements of a story.
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Native American Legends
Second graders will engage in an in-depth study of Michigan Native American culture comparing and contrasting the culture of today with that of the past. They will also read a variety of Native American literature focusing on the story...
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The Cat Came Back
Students are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...